Effects of habitat complexity on benthic assemblages in a variable environment

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 49, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1164-1178

  Taniguchi, Hiromi ^a   Tokeshi, M ^a,b  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Body size; Fractal dimension; Habitat structure; Species abundance patterns; Stream invertebrates; Temporal variation

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; HABITAT; INVERTEBRATE; SEASONAL VARIATION; STREAM;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN;

ALGAE; ANIMALIA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 4444251098     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2004.01257.x     Document Type: Article

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